Rein-holding attachment for vehicles.



J. M. PETERMAN.

REIN HOLDING ATTACHMENT FOR VEHICLES.

ARPLIOATION FILED 11037.3, 1908.

Patented Mar. 8, 1910.

" ow/2mm? v ZIMue/Moz UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB M. PETERMAN, OF NEW MARKET,

I O W A REIN-HOLDING ATTAGHMEN T FOR VEHICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed November 3, 1908.

951,220. Patented Mar. 8, 1910.

Serial No. 460,850.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I JACOB M. PETERMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Market, in the county of Taylor, State I of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rein-Holding Attachl ments for Vehicles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to attachments for vehicles for supporting driving reins above the back of a horse to prevent the horse from switching his tail over the reins, and to prevent the reins from engaging with projecting portions of the harness and to protect and guard the terminals of the whiftle tree, and has for one of its objects ter from switching his tail in contact with to simplify and improve the construction j the frame or otherwise interfering with it. and increase the efficiency and utility of: Detachably coupled at 3031 to the updevices of this character. wardly curving portion 15 of the arched Vith this and other objects in view, the j frame are guide members 32-33, preferably invention consists in certain novel features l incircular form and with contracted open of construction as hereafter shown and de- 1 ings 34-35 through which the reins 36-37 scribed and then specifically pointed out may be inserted, and from which they will in the claims, and in the drawings illusi not readily be separated when in use. trative of the preferred embodiment of the By this simple means the reins are supinvention, Figure 1 is a plan view of a pair ported and guided at a considerable distance of thills with the improvement applied. above the back of the horse and will not be Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same eninterfered with by the switching of the larged and in section on the line 2-2 of I horses tail, and the reins will likewise be Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the prevented from coming in contact with proparts shown in Fig. 1. jecting portions of the harness, especially The improved device may be applied withthe buckles and other portions of the hip out material structural changes or modifica straps. tions to thills of different sizes and of dif- It will be noted that the arched frame ferent constructions, but for the purpose of 16-17 extends to a considerable extent illustration is shown applied to a convenrearwardly of the cross bar 12 and the tional pair of thills in which 11 repre- 1 whifile-tree 13, so that the reins are supsent the thillsproper, 12 the rear cross-bar, j ported at a point relatively near the dash cured at 2223 thereto. The forwardly directed portions 2021 thus locate the side members 1617 rearwardly of the cross-bar 12 to a sufficient extent to permit the requi site swinging movement of the whiffietree. Connected at 2425 to the members 16l7 are braces 2627, which curve forwardly and downwardly the lower ends of the braces being detachably coupled by bolts or other fastening means 2829 to the thills I 10-1l. By this means the arched frame is r firmly coupled to the thills and supported l in a vertical position rearwardlyof the cross-bar, while the braces 2627 form guards to protect the terminals of the swingle tree or whiflle tree. The arched r frame is thus located at a sufficient distance rearwardly of the horse to prevent the latand 13 the swingle-tree swiveled at 14 upon board, and within easy reach of the driver, so that in event of the dropping of the reins, they will be caught by the arched frame, and retained in position within easy reach of the driver, and will not drop down over the horses back, the reins are thus retained at all times in position free from the harness or from the horse, as will be obvious.

The improved device is simple in construction, can be inexpensively manufactured, and readily applied to vehicles of the cross-bar in the usual manner. 1 The improved device comprises an arched l frame including an upper member 15 and 1 spaced side members 16-17, the upper member 15 preferably curving upwardly and united to the side members by ornamental scroll work 1819. The arched frame may be of any required size and of any suitable material, but will preferably! be of metal and of any required shape or f ornamental design. The lower ends of the various makes and constructions. side members 16-17 are directed forwardly That is claimed, is as shown at 2021, and extendbeneath the A rein support consisting of an arched crossbar 12 and are bolted or otherwise sebar having rein guides at its bight portion,

the end portions of the bar being bent in the and in a plane above the plane of the eyes same direction at right angles to the plane at the ends of the arched bar. 10 of the arched bar and terminating in eyes, I In testimony whereof I aflix my signaand a brace secured to each side of the ture, in presence of two Witnesses.

arched bar near the bight thereof and ex JACOB M. PETERMAN. tending downwardly and outwardly beyond Vvitnessesz the eyes at the ends of the arched bar and H. E, ToMLINsoN,

having terminal eyes lying beyond said ends 1 J. V. DENNEY. 

